For about a year and a half, I’ve been acting as book inquirer with my colleagues, asking them what they’re reading, and wheedling and coaxing them to share it with our readers. But am I content with what they’re reading? NOOOOO….I’m insatiable: I want to hear from EVERYBODY. So I’m venturing outside the offices to ask you about What You’re Reading.

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) recently announced their nominees for the 2014 Nebula Awards. Judging by the six nominees for Best Novel, 2014 was a outstanding year for original, provocative, and challenging fiction.

Last summer Tor.com, which has been publishing original short fiction on its site, announced a new imprint “dedicated to publishing the best novellas and short novels from emerging writers as well as established authors.” On February 12, it released its initial list of titles.

Pulitzer Prize winner Tyler talks about her new novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, and her “continuing interest in…those cobbled-­together households that you see sometimes, getting along just as happily as many biological families.”